Measuring and tagging device



June 2, 1931. LUNGSTRAS 1,808,144

MEASURING AND TAGGING DEVICE Filed March 16, 1929 PA UL L N65 TRAS 5y w 4 Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED STATES PAUL LUNGSTRAS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI MEASURING AND TAGGING DEVICE Application filed March 16, 1929.

The object of my device is to make a measuring and tagging device to be used principally in laundries and dry cleaning plants. It finds particular application in the ham dling by such plants of articles that shrink in the washing and cleaning process. A more specific object is to enable a laundry or dry cleaning plant to return to the owner a shrinkable article, such as a lace curtain or drape,

in its original shape and with the original dimensions. With these and other objects in view my invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device and Fig. 2 is a plan view of my device and Fig. 8 is a front elevationof a tag used with my device. Fig. 4 is a fragmental plan of a modified form of a portion of my device us- 1 ing pockets instead of hooks for the storage of tags. Fig. 5 is a fragmental front elevation of Fig. 4.

Numeral 4 designates a board conveniently secured to a wall breast high longitudinally. The securing means of the board to the wall form no part of my invention. Near one end of the board 4, preferably the left end, is secured the spring clamp 5 having the handle 6. To the right of the spring clamp 5 near the top of the board 4 and secured to the board 4 equi-distantly are positioned the hooks 7. The hooks 7 are of the conventional type being preferably screwed or nailed to the board 4. From the center of each of the hooks 7 are drawn parallel vertical lines 8 terminating at the bottom of the board 4. The distance between the hooks 7 may be made any convenient unit of length such as an inch or a centimeter. The lines 8 are numbered on the board 4 near their bottom consecutively beginning with one. The line 8 designated 1 will be positioned at the unit length distance from the face of the spring clamp 5. The preferred distance unit is the inch.

In measuring the length of a lace curtain, for instance, one edge is clamped in the spring clamp 5 and the edge to be measured is pulled 6 longitudinally along the board 4. The length Serial No. 347,487.

of the curtain is then readily determined as being that represented by the line 8 with which the free edge of the curtain comes in coincidence. The curtain dimension desired is thus determined by simply readingthe numeral indicated. In this process the curtain must not be pulled, so as to stretch it. If the length of the curtain has been measured by the method indicated, the width may also be similarly measured. Since it is known that in the washing process of the curtain that it will shrink and since it is necessary-to have the curtain returned'to the customer having the same dimensions that it had when it was received by the laundry or dry cleaning plant, it becomes necessary for the plant to determine the dimensions of the curtain when it is received by the plant. After the curtain has been washed and shrunk thereby,

it is stretched by the plant to its original dimensions. In other words the curtain is measured in its soiled state on its recep tion by the plant. In order to conveniently designate the dimensions of the curtain I have provided the tags 9, which may be any shape,

but which are indicated as being rectangular. The tags may be made of fabric or other material. Fabric is preferable. On the tags 9 are placed by perforating, steneiling, printing or other means, numerals which will represent length designations. In the tags 9 are formed the perforations 10, which permit detachably securing the tags 9 to the hooks 7. A great many such tags may be secured to each hook. The numbers on the tags on each hook are the same and these numbers corre spond with the numbers on the lines 8 near the hook. In other words the hook, six inches from the spring clamp 5 will have tags with the numbers 6 thereon, hooked thereon. The hook that is eight inches distant from the spring clamp 5 will have the numeral 8 indicated thereon, etc.

The operator in measuring the curtain, as previously indicated desiring to indicate the length on the curtain simply removes the from the hook opposite the free edge of the curtain, that is if the curtain is twelve inches long, the tag bearing the 12 will be removed from one of the hooks 7, and this tag will be secured to the curtain near its edge. It may be secured by stitching or pinning or any other convenient means. Instead of the hooks 7 pockets 11 may be used for storing the tags 9. The pockets are Wide enough to permit the placing of the tags 9 therein.

These pockets may be preferable to the hooksbecause alace' curtain cannot be caught and possibly torn 011 a pocket; said catching and tearing may happen with the use of hooks.

WVhat I claim and meanto securebyrLetters Patent is:

A device of the character described comprising a board having a spring clamp secured thereto atone en'd'and parallel lines formed thereon equi-distantfrom eaohother and from the 'zero designationunder said spring clamp said lines-being des'ignated by numerals indicating the distance. of the line that they representfrom the zero designation 'underthe spring clamp, hooks securedto said board on said lines,'co-operative tags having perforations:therein secured to said hooks, thetags on-ahook havingthesame numerical designation impi'irted thereon as-theline on which the hook isseoured.

Intestimony whereof-I afiixmy signature.

PAUL LUNGSTRAS. 

